III. Pauica/H. 3SI 



glabcr. Nodi iii aliis Iiirsuti, in Capensibus glaLii. Vaginac in- 

 lcrnodiis parum longiores, supremac Lret'iores, compressac, carina- 

 lae, la.xae, slriatae, in pJcrisquc luberculis umbilicatis pilum niol- 

 lem fulcientibus inspersae Lasique subvillosae, margine colloque 

 longius cilialae. Ligula exserla, truncala, ciliato-laccra, lutescens. 

 Folia palmaria, pedalia, 2 — 4 lin. lata, ad oras vaginae utrinquc 

 macula triangulari lulea notala , glabra (in a el j/) aut laxc bir- 

 suta. Panicula exserta, 5 — 8 polliccs alta, laxa, palens vel magis 

 minusvc conlracla ; rbacbis communis compresso-angulala, vi.\ sca^ 

 bra ; rami allerni, plerique solitarii, ad inserlionem flavi, qui color 

 saepe et rhacliin cingulo ambit, in a.villis saepe barbaluli et sca- 

 Lri ; ramuli erecti , gracilcs, pauci - multiflori. Pedicelli Liflori, 

 scabri, erecti. Spiculac lineam ferc longae , ovalae , anle anthe- 

 sin acutae, sub antbcsi fructiferacque obtusiusculae, virides vel 

 viridi purpureoquc variac. Gluma inferior superiori duplo brcvior, 

 late ovata, basi amplectcns, obtusiuscula aut acutiuscula, 3 — 7-ner- 

 vis; superior ovato-oblonga, acula, 7 — 9 — ll-nervis, ncrvis apiceni 

 versus distinctioribus scabriusculis. Flosculi masculi valvula infc- 

 rior glumae superiori similis, 9-nervis; supcrior Lrevior, mcmbra- 

 nacea, oblonga, obtusa. Filamenta purpurascentia ; anlbcrae pur- 

 pureo-fulvac. Flosculus bermaphrodilus masculo minor, ovalis, 

 oLtusus, lacvissimus, pallidus. 



Spccimina Capensia vaginis orc oninluo glabris ct lacvibus, 

 vcl rarissimis tubcrculis pilisquc inspcrsis, foliis eliam aut glabris 

 omnino aut raris in margine et utraque pagina tuLercuIis piligcris 

 distinguuntur ; in var. y" glauccscunt. 



Adnot. Aiilc oiiincs Lacc spccies Pauico caespiloso Sw. af- 

 fiuis est. 



24. Vanicum iniliave Linn. panicula racemosa angusla de- 

 mura nutantc, ramis altcrnis contraclis flcxuosis , spiculis ovalo- 

 elliplicis acutis glabris lenuitcr nervoso -striatis Lemigamis, gluma 

 inferiori cordato-lriquelra amplcclcnlc spicula plus duplo Lrcviorc, 

 ueutro bivalvi, herraaphrodilo lacvissimo, culmo ereclo ramoso no- 



